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2012
Cheverus rebounds, hands Deering first loss
PORTLAND—After dropping two of its last three games, something which hadn’t happened in four years, the Cheverus boys’ basketball team, the reigning Western Class A champion, found itself at a crossroads Friday night. Hosting undefeated Deering, a squad already coronated by many as the Stags’ successors, Cheverus could have continued to struggle, or pull together […]
Sen. Collins urges end to partisanship
WELLS — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, spent Friday touring York County. Her first stop was a breakfast forum in Wells, before a packed audience at The Coastal House, where she discussed some of her accomplishments in the past year, concerns about the federal budget and the military, as well as her hope that the […]
Buxton film set for Maine premiere
BUXTON — During the first week of the new year, with a midwinter chill finally descended upon the small towns of Maine, the space inside the Saco River Grange Hall in Buxton was almost preternaturally calm. Dana Packard and Jennifer Nichole Porter, a longtime Buxton couple, expelled plumes of steam from their mouths as they […]
Sen. Collins urges end to partisanship
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, takes a question after her talk during the Eggs & Issues forum, a monthly event sponsored by York County Community College, Friday at The Coastal House in Wells. DINA MENDROS/ Journal Tribune
Fitzy will be awarded Sunday
On Sunday afternoon, Louis DiTomasso will be sitting at the head table of a large dining room, waiting for his name to be called, and ready to pick up a statue. DiTomasso, the running back/linebacker from Wells High School, is one of three finalists for the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, the award given to the […]
Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 14-15, 2012
Sadie E. “Sally” LeBrun, 93, a longtime resident of Wells, died early Friday morning, Jan. 13, 2012 at Durgin Pines in Kittery. Visiting hours will be held from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Road, Wells, followed by a funeral service at 2:30 p.m. at the chapel. Private interment […]
Fitzy will be awarded Sunday
Wells’ Louis DiTomasso, seen here in November after the Warriors won the Class B state title, is one of three finalists for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, which will be awarded in Portland on Sunday. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)
Kennebunk wise to hold CMP to higher standard
Although Central Maine Power Company has been working on its Maine Power Reliability Program since 2010, the company just received approval from the Town of Kennebunk for the project last week. The $1.4 billion project will install 442 miles of high-voltage transmission line, from Eliot to Orrington, that carries bulk electricity from plants to businesses […]
Buxton film set for Maine premiere
Actress and screenwriter Jennifer Nichole Porter and director Dana Packard, seen last week at the Saco River Grange Hall in Buxton, have completed work on a new feature film, “40 West,” which will make its Maine premiere at the Nickelodeon Cinemas in Portland on Jan. 19. The movie was filmed almost exclusively in Buxton and […]